"Is this your weapon?" said Chen Houde at the foot of the mountain, looking at the three sturdy men, each with a crossbow. And each crossbow was equipped with a scope, and each person had a dagger hanging from his lap, only Fu Ya and the man in the tunic did not hold any weapons.

"Yes, it's the same as your bow and arrow, but the crossbow is more powerful, has a longer range, and is less labor-intensive. The man in the tunic said.

"Well, I'm about to enter the mountain, so I'll tell you about the rules of the mountain. Chen Houde looked at the man in the tunic and continued, "As the saying goes, mountains have mountain rules. There is a sea dragon king in the sea, and there is a river god watching in the river, and there is a mountain god on this mountain.

Those who often hunt in the mountains often encounter strange things, such as setting a trap on their prey in the middle of the night, and waking up the next day to see that the set was thrown at the door of their house. Or when you enter the mountain, you have a good road, but you suddenly don't know it, and you can't get to the place no matter how you walk, which is called a ghost covering your eyes, and it is also called a ghost hitting the wall.

Later, people said that this was to provoke the anger of the mountain god, and everything in the mountain belonged to the mountain god, and if you went to get his things, you had to burn incense and make offerings to him first.

So later, when the hunter entered the mountain again, he first mentioned the fragrance of melon and fruit wine, put it in the mountain pass, worshiped several times, and then went up the mountain again the next day. Before going up the mountain, look at the sacrifice, if the sacrifice is gone, it means that the mountain god should be approved, you can go up the mountain, if the sacrifice is still there, that is, the mountain god does not agree, can not enter the mountain.

Later, people thought that it was more troublesome to enter a memorial service, one was more troublesome, and the other was a waste of sacrifices, so everyone discussed, and at the beginning of spring every year, they collectively worshiped the mountain lord at the mountain pass, and should be allowed to enter the mountain.

But you are outsiders, and the mountain gods only shelter us villagers. So now you have to pay your respects to the mountain pass. Chen Houde said superstitiously.

These are all things that Chen Houde heard from the old hunters in the village.

"Superstition. "Fu Ya does not believe in heresy.

"If you follow the customs, then how are we going to worship?" asked the man in the tunic curiously.

"You guys, just bend down and bow three times, you don't have to bow down. But with sincerity. Chen Houde has a good idea.

"Uncle Xia, these are superstitions. I don't worship, I worship whoever I love. Fu Ya objected.

"Sisi, follow the customs, just bow a few times. The man in the tunic said to Fu Yas.

"I don't believe in that, it's all superstition. I don't worship!" Fu Ya said stubbornly.

Fu Ya said: I am a college student, I will not bend my waist to superstition, I only believe in science.

Chen Houde saw that Fu Ya was so stubborn and said: "If you don't worship, it is disrespectful to the mountain god, and we will not take you up the mountain." ”

At this time, the man in the tunic looked at Chen Houde with deep and sharp eyes and said, "Is it okay for me to think about it?"

"Worshipping the mountain is about sincerity, how to say it. If you worship it, it is your sincerity, and the mountain god will feel it. It can't be replaced!" Chen Houde said resolutely.

The man in the tunic looked at Chen Houde and Fu Yashi in a dilemma, and then said to Fu Yashi: "Sisi, before you came, you promised Uncle Xia that everything would be arranged by your uncle." Why don't you listen to Uncle Xia now?"

Fu Ya was speechless, at that time, he was trying to play with him, but he swore in front of Uncle Xia that he would obey the arrangement, and now it is good.

All this is to blame for the Diao people in front of him. Fu Ya glared at Chen Houde fiercely with those beautiful eyes, and then retorted: "But...... But these are superstitions. ”

"I don't know if it's superstitious or not, your Uncle Xia only knows that he won't agree to ask you to come over and bow a few times. When the time comes, I have to talk to Su Beimo and Su Gongzi when I go back. The man in the tunic had something to say.

When Fu Ya heard the meaning of Uncle Xia's words, he immediately said urgently: "Okay, it's okay for me to bow, hum!"

Fu Ya bowed three times reluctantly, and said dissatisfied with Chen Houde: "Is this okay?"

Fu Ya felt that the culprit was because of Chen Houde, or Uncle Xia would not have said her, let alone threaten himself with Su Beimo.

Su Beimo is a person whom Fu Yalts admires and likes.

I will never allow Uncle Xia to speak ill of himself in front of Su Beimo and destroy his image.

Chen Houde turned a blind eye to Fu Ya's dissatisfaction, and when he saw that everyone else had worshiped the mountain, he said, "Okay, let's go into the mountain." ”

Then he explained to everyone: "There are two kinds of hunting in Mohe, and the people who set up traps to capture prey are called "hanging hunters", and "hanging hunters" generally strive to catch live. Generally, old hunters who are old are "hanging hunters". After all, people are too old to do anything, and they can only rely on traps to capture their prey.

The other type is the people who are captured with weapons, called "hunters." And you are the "hunters" who hunt with weapons.

Generally, "hunters" have their own fixed occupations, and hunting is just for an extra income or personal interest.

And those of us who make a living by hunting are a combination of the two, so that the harvest is more, so we are the purest hunters, we are familiar with every plant and tree of this mountain, and we also protect every plant and tree of this mountain.

We hunters have our hunter's rules, so we ask for your forgiveness. ”

Chen Houde explained while leading the way to the mountain.

"It's okay, we can understand. But hopefully we'll make this trip worthwhile. ”

"Hunting, relying on ability and luck, if you are lucky, you can meet the big guys, if you are unlucky, you may be able to jump some mountains, pheasants and pheasants. Chen Houde said.

"Are there any moose?" asked a sturdy man.

Chen Houde looked at the sturdy man who spoke in a little surprise, these three sturdy men were all silent from the realization to now, and this was the first time they spoke.

Chen Houde said unexpectedly: "Moose?"

"Yes, the locals call it Qian. ”

"Oh, oh, do you mean the rhino? There are them in the mountains, but you can only see them in the depths of the mountains, and you can't see them on the outskirts of the mountains. Why do you want to hunt for calves?" Chen Houde was surprised.

"Yes, our purpose is to show us the way. The sturdy man said expressionlessly.

"However, it's already afternoon, and it's dangerous to go deep into the mountains, so we just agreed to be guides, and we are looking for prey for you, not that we have to go what you tell us to find. Chen Houde looked at the man in the tunic and explained.

"How much more?" said the sturdy man grimly

"It's not a matter of money. ”

"Five Hundred"

"It's really not going to work, it's dangerous in the depths of the mountains. ”

"Seven Hundred"

"Don't do that, or we'll come back tomorrow. It's too late today, and it's dangerous to go deep into the mountains. ”

"One thousand"

"Okay, deal. Mazi said urgently.

Chen Houde looked at Mazi and said loudly: "Deal a fart, don't you know how dangerous the deep mountains are? ”

"One thousand, do you know how much a thousand is a thousand dollars? Each of us can divide more than three hundred, and we can take two or three months. Besides, wealth is in danger. Asako hurriedly explained.

"What do you think?" Chen Houde asked, looking at Dali.

"Brother, I listen to you. Chen Dali scratched the watermelon head and said with a smile.

At this time, the sturdy man said to Mazi: "You take us there, and a thousand yuan will be given to you." ”

"Take your uncle, you can bring it if you say it, here he is in charge. Mazi pointed at Chen Houde and looked at the sturdy man and shouted.

Mazi is afraid that this bastard will sow discord. So yell at the able-bodied men.

The sturdy man ignored Mazi's roar and said to Chen Houde, "How is it?"

Chen Houde hesitated for a moment, and said to the man in the tunic suit, "Is this what you mean?"

"Of course! That's what I did. The man in the tunic pointed to the sturdy man.

"Do you know how dangerous it is in the depths of the mountains? Besides, you're carrying a bottle of oil. Chen Houde looked at Fu Ya and said.

"Black boy, who do you say is dragging the oil bottle? You are dragging the oil bottle, you ...... You...... Bastard. Fu Ya said with a white face as if someone had stepped on his tail.

"I'm telling the truth. ”

"You...... Piece...... Black Boy ...... You...... Bastard"

"You don't need to worry about this, you just have to do your own thing. The man in the tunic said to Chen Houde while comforting Fu Yas.

Of course, the man in the tunic will not let Fu Ya be in danger. His self-confidence came from his own strength and those three strong men.

These three sturdy men are veteran special forces, all of them are masters who can be ten with one person, and each of them has guns in their backpacks.

It's just that there is no need to take these out to scare Chen Houde and the three of them.

"Good. Since you've said so, let's go. Chen Houde said to the men in tunics.

Then he looked at Dali and continued: "Dali, you go back now and tell our mother, saying that we may spend the night in the mountains, so don't worry about it." Oh, by the way, don't tell Mom that we're going into the mountains. And you go back and bring your bow and arrows and some items for the night. We are waiting for you slowly. ”

Chen Dali only brought a hunting knife over at this time, and Chen Houde was afraid that there would be danger in the mountains, so he asked Dali to go back and bring his bow and arrows. After all, the vigorous archery is more powerful than Chen Houde.

"Good. ”

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On the outskirts of the mountain, Chen Houde pointed to an "X" sign on a big tree and said to everyone: "Do you see that sign? This is the mark that we hunters have set a trap in front of us." ”

What about the "rice" symbol? At that time, I saw that several big trees had this symbol on them. Fu Ya asked curiously.

Fu Ya is angry and dissipates quickly, and at this time she is exerting the spirit of her good student: if you don't understand, you have to ask.

"The rice symbol means that the trap was installed before, and now it has been removed. ”

"Are there any traps in other villages that use these symbols?"

"Of course not, this is just our Chenjiazhuang using this symbol, where the mountains are divided by villages, and each can only hunt in their own land.

Where we are now is the Chenjiazhuang hunting area.

And the logo used by each village is the one that each village came up with, so it can be regarded as the symbol of each village. ”

"The mountain is so big, how do you divide the hunting areas of each village?"

"There is no specific division, only a vague division, just like our Chenjiazhuang is based on the gourd mouth, and the gourd mouth belongs to Sanniuzhuang. However, the deep mountains we are going to now belong to the common ones, and they are generally divided within five kilometers of the mountains. ”

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Fu Ya and Chen Houde asked and answered, and the time passed quickly.

At this time, Chen Dali also rushed over, at this time Dali was holding a bow and arrows in his hand, a hunting knife hanging horizontally from his waist, and a quiver and a backpack on his back.

"Brother, it's done. ”

"Good. ”

"Then let's pick up the pace. Chen Houde said to everyone.